Category: Culture

I don’t serve a patriotic god. I don’t serve a god who is beholden to American rules and regulations, to our political system or our cultural moors. I don’t serve a god who is Republican or Democrat. I don’t serve a god who is for, or against, America. The god I serve is not America’s […]

Esther Emery tagged me in a blog tour about writing. I really like talking about my writing projects and the writing process in general, so this is right up my alley. This blog tour comes at a time when I have really fallen out of the habit of writing. I’ve just kind of stalled out […]

Yesterday, an article was shared with me about what to do if my child came out as gay. The article was written by a conservative Southern Baptist, and at its crux was basically that I should evangelize with love to my child in hopes that they may be put right someday. The article told me […]

I thought this was going to be a book about a Baptist becoming Episcopalian. I thought it was going to be about smells and bells, about liturgy. I thought it was going to be the story of someone who is so entrenched, so comfortable, in their Baptist roots that they would never dream of becoming […]

Scarcity is a mind-fuck. At some point, we have all bought into the lie that says we don’t have enough. I’m not just talking about stuff, although there is some sort of frantic urgency to get the newest electronic toy phone, snag a copy of the newest hot book, attend the newest conference. We may […]